Dear -- We are on the verge of an epic Senate vote to hear
witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial, and Mitch McConnell is
scrambling to block it. We're targeting the seven most likely to flip
senators and flooding their offices with phone calls right up until the
vote. [ [link removed] ]Will you rush an emergency donation of $5 to turn
up the heat?

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Dear,

Chuck Todd just reported on the Meet the Press that despite the avalanche
of revelations about Trump’s abuses of power, senators STILL aren’t
hearing from constituents.

“Our phones aren’t ringing. Nobody cares,” a Democratic told him.(1)

Worse yet, as of last week, there were 11 TV ads running around the
country defending Trump, and there was not a single ad supporting his
impeachment, according to our friends at MoveOn.

The Senate impeachment trial could end THIS WEEK, and the vote on whether
to call witnesses could be as soon as tomorrow. We need to blow up the
phones in D.C. right now to demand a fair trial with evidence and
witnesses. Will you chip in $5?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate $5 to turn up the heat on senators to
get a fair trial and hold Trump accountable.

The conventional wisdom is that the outcome of Trump’s impeachment trial
is already predetermined and set in stone. But we only need four
Republican senators to vote for witnesses to testify, and if that happens,
all bets are off.

The New York Times is reporting that an unpublished transcript of former
Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton claims firsthand knowledge
that Trump personally coordinated the Ukraine quid pro quo, withholding
military aid in exchange for help against Joe Biden in the 2020
election.(2)

Bolton also says that Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo, and other top White House officials knew about this and were
personally involved.

Trump has claimed that he never even met the people who engineered the
scheme, but video has just emerged of him talking to them about it and
demanding the firing of the Ukraine ambassador.

The mountain of evidence just keeps growing, but none of this will matter
unless senators are feeling pressure to uphold their oaths and hold Trump
accountable.

That’s why we need the phone in D.C. to be ringing off the hook right now.
Will you chip in $5 to help turn up the pressure?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate $5 to help demand witnesses in the
Senate impeachment trial and hold Trump accountable.

Yours in the fight for our democracy,

Caitlin, along with Angela, Anne, Brian, Deepthi, Eddie, Gabby, Jay,
Lindsay, Mary, Molly, Raquel, Scottie, and Tai (the Courage team)

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